HearO: The Tennis ball Bluetooth Speakers KickStarter Project

They Found a good use for the retired Tennis ball. Definitely worth checking.

HearO is a kickStarter project that announced recently Raising for 40000 by July 28th 2016 so the project go throw.

Pledge starts from 5 Pounds till 5000 Pounds.

hearO is a high-performance speaker housed in an upcycled championship tennis ball.

Consider what happens to the thousands of tennis balls that are left over after a major tournament. For Wimbledon alone, Slazenger supplies over 55,000 balls each year. If you include all four Grand Slam tournaments around the world, that’s 230,000 championship tennis balls.

hearO represents a change in attitude and vision; a recognition that retired championship tennis balls have untapped potential.

Sports memorabilia is usually left on the sidelines. What if we could make it a fun, useful part of everyday life?

Above are working hearO prototypes signed by Roger Federer (left) and Novak Djokovic (right) at the 2015 ATP World Tour Finals, London.

What is HearO?

hearO reimagines a once-forgotten object into a product with value and purpose. hearO is portable, durable and ready to pair with any Bluetooth-enabled media device.  The tennis ball serves as a tactile protective skin for hearO’s electronics.

A single button controls all essential functions, turning hearO on and off and allowing it to pair with your phone, tablet or computer.

hearO charges from a custom cradle with a 360-degree magnetic connection.

hearO fits perfectly in the hand.

hearO’s grill pattern is a Fibonacci spiral that optimises sound projection.

hearO offers tennis fans, design buffs and upcycling enthusiasts a unique speaker made from a repurposed tennis ball.

Colors option:

A hearO speaker’s default colour is the standard fluorescent tennis ball yellow. However, yours can be ordered in any of six other colours.: Lime Green/ KickStarter Green / Sunflower Yellow / Dark Brown / Red Brick / choc Brown.

Performance Specification:

• Bluetooth 4.0
• Speaker 3W
• Battery 400mAh
• 5 hours wireless power at 70% volume
• One-button connectivity to any Bluetooth-enabled device
• USB to micro USB connection

HearO speaker design evolved in tandem with our cutting techniques. The ball forms a protective skin for hearO’s electronics, which were specially to designed to complement the properties of a tennis ball.